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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Prices of Agricultural Products at the Principal Markets in the United States, Canada and England. 



NEW YORK, 

 Feb. 23d. 



PHILADELP'IA, 



Feb. 23d. 



ROCHESTER, 

 Feb. 23d. 



CHICAGO, 



Feb. 23d. 



TORONTO, 



Feb. 22d. 



LONDON, ENG., 

 Feb. 1st. 



Beef per 100 lbs., 



do Qiess, fxT bbl.,.. 



Pork, per lOUlbs...... 



do mess, per 1>W.... 



Lard, per lb., 



Butter, do 



Cbeese, do 



Ffour, per b!>l., 



Wheat, per bush., 



Cora, shelled, per bu.. 



Eye, 

 Oats, 

 Barley, 

 Clover Seed, 

 Timothy Seed, 

 Flax Seed, 



Hay, per tan, 



Wool, per lb., 



Wood, hard, i>er cord 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



$9.00 @ 

 G-SO 

 16.00 

 .09 



4.30 

 1.00 



.65 



.09 



.84 

 .70 



4. SO 



1.75 



1.25 



13.00 



$10.00 



7. .50 



17.00 



.10 



.22 



.osv 



7.00' 



:.42>^ 



.70 

 .73 



.47 

 .75 



b.50 



2.25 



1.45 



15.00 



.45 



$4.50 @ $6.00 



$7.50 @ $8.00 



16.00 17.00 



.09 .WM 



.11 ,20 



4.37 

 .95 

 .57 

 .70 



5.75 

 1.30 

 .62 



4.25 

 2.00 

 1.30 



4.75 

 2.50 



5.00 

 17.00 



.09!^ 



.14 



.06 

 4.00 



.70 



.50 



.47 



.30 



.44 

 4.00 

 2.00 



6.00 



.10 



.16 



.08 



5.00 



1.00 



.54 



.60 



.34 



.50 



4.50 



2.75 



$8.00 @ $9.00 



$3.00 @ $5.25 



$8.25 @ $15.00 



6.00 9.00 



.20 .30 



4.50 5.50 



14.00 

 .08 

 .10 



3.00 

 .54 

 .&5 

 .50 

 .23 

 .25 



4.25 



1.50 

 .80 



3.50 



14.50 

 .08>i 

 .18 

 .11 

 4.50 

 .90 

 .40 



.25 



.45 

 4.50 

 l.C2>!f 



7.00 



5.2j 

 12.00 



6.00 

 12.75 



10 50 



15.00 



.21 



3.50 

 .70 



4.2.5 

 1.00 



.155 .60 



.27 .30 



.40 .55 



.13 



.19 



.12 



6.25 



1.20 



1.02 



.90 



.57 



.78 



.17 

 .32 



.16 



1.50 

 1.08 

 1.02 

 ,90 

 1.20 



1.74 



1.S6 



5..50 



6.00 



S.OO 16.00 



.15 

 4.00 4.50 



.28 



CONTENTS OF THIS NtTMBBR. 



Eoman Agricvilture 73 



Legum!Jinu.s Plaut.s — Sainfoin " 74 



SUrojKshire-Dowa Sheep 75 



Hes«!aii Flv 76 



Suggested "items— No. IS 76 



Notes (or the Month, by S. W 77 



What shall we platitV 7S 



More '• Notions" oa Foddering Slock 78 



A Few Words on Manures 79 



Sheep on the Praries. Butter Making. Cure for the Ague.. 79 



Lisritt and Heavy Soils Compared 80 



Large and Small Potatoes SO 



Early Potatoes. Test your Seed Corn SO 



Agriculture in Western Virginia SI 



California Quail 81 



Management of Dairy Cows 82 



GEXESEE FARMER PRIZE ESSAYS. 



Agricultural Papers 



Muck applied unmixed to the Soil 



Advantages of preparing tiro-wood in the fall for winter use.. 



Superphosphate of Lime as a Manure 



Best Method of Curing Timothy and other Gr.isses 



Kedainiing and Management of Boggy Land 



Fattening Slieep in \V inter 



Best System of Rotation on a Clayey Farm 



Best Svstem of Rotation on a^Sandy Farm 



Experiments in Feeding Cattle Cut Straw and Hay 



Plants for Hedges — their niar-agcment. Sec 



Use of MiiL'k in composts and as a litter for stables and yards,. , 



Management of Woodland 



Whieh are the best Horses to wear 



What is the cause of tlie failure of so many trees sent out by 



Nurserymen 



Cultivation i if Dwarf Pears 



Culture of Grapes in the open air 



Culture of Asp.iragus 



Cultivation of Rhubarb 



Cultivation of Tomatoes 91, 



Cultivation of Cabbage 



Cultivation of Watermelons 



Making and Preserving Feather Beds 



Domestic Duties 



Personal Habits at Home 



HORTICtTLTUUAL DEPARTMEXT. 



Transactions of the Ohio Pomological Society for 1S.57 95 



Planting Dwarf Pear Trees 96 



The White Pciplar or Abele Tree 90 



I'ruit rowers and S' icieties 9S 



Plants for Grape Borders 99 



Training Osage Hedges— Correction 99 



Raspberries on the Prarirics 99 



editor's table. 



April Premiums 1*^0 



New Tork State Agricultural Society 100 



Prize l^ssays ^t^'O 



Inquiries and Answers 100 



ILLCSTRATIONS. 



Flowers and leaf of Sainfoin 75 



§hropshire-l")own Wether 76 



California Quail 81 



T-he White Poplar or Abele tree 97 



RAEE EVERGREEN TREES, 

 Of Catlforrila, Sic. 



"1 T7"E HAVE the pleasure of offering a moderate stock of the- 

 V V following rare and desiralile trees of California. Oregon, &c. 

 All are Seedlings, grown in pots, and in perfect health and vigor 

 Can be forwarded any distance with the balls unbroken, 

 Washingtonia, (Sequoia, Wellingtonia, &c.) The famous "big,i 



tree" of California- strong, bushy plants from 8 to 12 inches — 



this proves hardy here, 

 CtjPKESsus Lawsoniana, 8 to 10 inches, one of the most elegant 



of this genus yet discovered, 

 LiBocEDiius Dfxprrexs, of Torrey, (Thuya gigantea.) six inches. 

 TiiiTYA macrocakpa, 8 to 15 inches. 



" artioulata, lit to 12 " 

 Abies graxdis, 1 year Seedlings, well ripened, & will bear carriage. 

 PiNus Bentuamiana, 2 year Seedlings. 

 " Lambertiana 2 " " 



" TlTBERCULATA, 2 " " 



" jEfFREYr, 2 " " 



" MoNTIOOLA, 2 " " 



" Sauiniana, 2 " " C to S inches. 



For complete priced lists, we refer to our Catalogue No 2, which 

 will be sent gratis to all who apjdv and enclose one stamp. 

 KLLWANGER & BARKV, 

 March, 1S5S. — It, Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. T. 



SEEDS OF RARE AND POPULAR 

 HARDY TREE.S AND SHRUBS. 



THOMAS MEEH.VN, of the Germantown Nurseries, near 

 Philadelphia, i.'^sucs every May, a Catalogue of over 200 

 kinds, for fall and winter sales. He has yet on hand for spring 

 sales: European Strawberry tree, 75 cLs,"per oz, HoUey leaved 

 Berberry, (jiopular hardy evergreen,) 50 cents per oz. Cedar 

 of Lebanon.cones , $2 per dozen. Japan Cedar, 50 cts. per 200 

 seeds. American Holly, 75 ct.s. per lb., or $2.50 per 10 lbs, Cali- 

 fornia Laurel, Laurus(fegalis,) $4 per 100 seeds. Silver Fir. $1.,'>0 

 per lb. Cembran Pine,"$8.00 per lb. Sea Pine, $1.25 per pound. 

 European Furze, or Whin, $1..'')0 per lb. Laburnum, $1.25 per lb. 

 Honey Locust, .50 cts.per lb. Yellow Locust, $1 per lb. European 

 Larch, $1.50 per lb. Nyssa Multiflora, (very handsome native tree,) 

 $2 per lb. Negundo Californicum, (entirely new and beautiful.* 

 $2 per 100 seeds. Japan Sophora, .50 cents per oz. Native and 

 foreign Pear and other fruit seeds, at the lowest market rates. 



Trees, plants, and flowers of all kinds, at the lowest prices. 



March, 1858— 2t. 



GRACE GREENWOOD'S 

 LITTLE PILGRIM!! 



THE CHEAPEST AND BEST READING 

 FOR CHILDREN TO BE FOUND. 



PEICE ONLY 50 CENTS A TEAK, IN ADVANCE. 



^^ SrEcrMEN Copies, containing T<'rms to Cliibs, and list of 

 PEE.MirMS, will be sent free of charge. Write for one ! 

 A<\i\rei», post-paid, LEANDER K. LIPPINCOTT, 



March, It 132 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



on. MILL. 



THE attention of Farmers in this and the adjoining Connties, ia 

 invited to the subject of raising Flax for the seed. For that 

 purpose, I am prepared to sup))lv tlie seed upon favorable terms. 

 M. F. REYNOLDS, Manufacturer of Linseed Oil, White Lead 

 and Zinc in oH — Sash, Doors and Blinds, 5 and 7 Buffalo street, 

 Rochester, N. Y. March, 1S5S— 2U 



